Germany banned all Hezbollah activities on German soil late last week, with the interior ministry now characterizing the Lebanese Shiite political and militant group in its entirety as a “Shiite terrorist organization.”
Mossad may have helped to push Berlin into banning Hezbollah's activities in Germany by providing the European nation's security services with information about the group's alleged money laundering activities, as well as warehouses where the Lebanese group purportedly squirreled away hundreds of kilograms' worth of ammonium nitrate for use in explosives, Israeli media have reported, citing Hebrew-language broadcaster Channel 12.
According to Channel 12, the intelligence was provided not long before Berlin's Thursday decision to issue a blanket ban on Hezbollah and its activities. Previously, Germany had distinguished between Hezbollah's political and militant arms, banning the militant arm but allowing the political one to operate.
In its Thursday statement, Germany's Interior Ministry announced that Hezbollah's activities “violate criminal law,” and are henceforth to be banned on German soil, including owing to the group's “calls for the violent elimination of the State of Israel” and the questioning of “the right of the State of israel to exist.”
The ban means the group is not allowed to display its symbols, participate in demonstrations or create or distribute print, audio or visual…
